01683nam a2200265 a 4500 0905774329 AU-EpEBC 20150827161217.0 910325s1981 000 0905774345 UKLU NEMB NEMB 221.922 EW Petersen, David L. The roles of Israel's prophets / David L. Petersen. Sheffield, UK : JSOT Press, 1981. 131 p. ; hbk ; 22 cm. Journal for the study of the Old Testament. supplement series ; 17. Includes bibliography and index. Preface -- 1. Introduction: Beyond "Charisma" and "Office" -- 2. Role Theory and the Study of Prophecy -- 3. Role Labels: Theoretical Considerations, the Role Labels ro'eh and 'îs (ha)'elohîm; Chapter Four: Two Role Labels -- 4. Two Role Labels - hozeh and nabî' - and One Role -- 5.Role Rationale: Distinguishing between the hozeh and the nabî' -- 6. The Study of Prophetic Roles: Further Issues -- 7. Conclusions. This book offers a new and fruitful approach to a major area of Old Testament study. Expressing dissatisfaction with current critical theories of Israelite prophecy, which have regularly depended on the categories of office and charisma to designate essential features, Petersen looks instead to modern 'role theory' for a conceptual apparatus which can take account not only of what prophets regularly did in common but also of the significant variety apparent in Israelite prophetic performance. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Prophets. ddc 35456 35456 0 0 ddc 0 0 221 OT MAIN MAIN OS 2013-03-29 Donated by Valentin Vasilev, 2009-2011. 20.00 0 221.922/PET 13248 2013-03-29 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-03-29 AM